Whew lord, but do I have a lot to talk about the path I’ve been this month back in North Carolina. The whole ballgame’s changed. I’ve spent the two years of this Web site choosing my words very carefully: discussing maintenance, post-weight issues, and answering “now what?” is so rare I thought I had...
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Personal notes from the post-weight life in New Orleans
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Thanks for making Russ a Sparkpeople Motivator of the Day!
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Check our new, improved manifesto. Oh, and more “fat pants” ambivalence
There's nothing wrong with celebrating success -- unless, of course, it comes at the expense of addressing the challenges involved "success" long lasting and powerful. If so, then all the media are celebrating is reaching the half-way point. And then wonder why only 6 percent of us maintain the weight we lose. Too bad...
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You’re so vain, you probably think this skin surgery’s about you
Pushing through the posh doors to my first and only visit to a plastic surgeon consultation, part of me didn't want to go. But I did it anyway: the countless opinions I heard before from trainers, friends and family contradicted themselves so much they were meaningless. I needed to information about my body I...
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Mother’s Day Remembrances
Especially on Mother’s Day, soak it all in. Realize what it is you want to fight for; be it your mother, your loved ones, your beliefs, and especially yourself. And if in doing so, you realize you had given up on any of them, that’s okay. Really. All you have to do is come...
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